Council and
Committees

Mississauga City Council approved a report titled Proposed Amendments to Council Procedural
By-law 0421-3 today, which will affect the operations of Council and its Committees, and
approves the addition of a new Transportation Committee as a standing committee of
Council.

Changes were made to the Council Procedure By-law to implement the recommendations of the
Governance Committee, General Committee and Council regarding the Council Structure Review.
Some highlights from the report include:

· The scheduling of meetings will rotate between Council, General Committee and the
Transportation Committee on a three week cycle on Wednesday mornings
· Planning and Development Committee will rotate on a three week cycle on Monday evenings

Changes to the Procedural By-law are intended to implement Councils recommendations
and to streamline, clarify and improve procedures, said City Clerk, Crystal Greer,
director, Legislative Services.

Background:

The last significant review of the Committees of Council occurred in 1993. The report on City
Committees of Council Structure Review was tabled at the General Committee meeting on April 3,
2013.

As directed by Council, City staff conducted a review of the City Committees of Council
Structure to review the mandate and structure of existing committees and make recommendations
for Council approval. As part of the review, eleven municipalities were benchmarked regarding
their governance and committee structures including: Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina,
Winnipeg, London, Kitchener, Hamilton, Brampton, Ottawa and Halifax. Council members, citizen
members and staff directly involved in the support and functioning of the Committees of Council
were also surveyed to assess the effectiveness of the committee structure.

As Canada's sixth largest city, Mississauga is home to 741,000 residents and more than 54,000
businesses, including more than 60 Fortune 500 companies with Canadian head offices or major
divisional head offices. A diverse, progressive and award-winning municipality located on the
shores of Lake Ontario in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area, Mississauga is "Leading
Today for Tomorrow" by focusing on delivering services, implementing its Strategic Plan,
delivering value for money and maintaining
infrastructure.